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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
MIDGET'S LOVE PUZZLE.
Showing How Heaven Lies About Us in
Our Infancy"

How tot with pleasing ingenuity told
her love, is related in the Christian Weekly
The little story is enough to warm the
cold cookies of a cynic's heart:
Mrs. Blanchard was entertaining some
friends in the parlor one evening, when
she heard a small voice she knew so well
saying, Please 'scuse me, mamma" Then
she saw little figure standing in the
doorway in white night-gown, with
tangled curls and bright eyes, too bright
for 10 o'clock at night, thought Mrs. Blan-
chard. Midget ran across the room to the
refuge that had never failed her-mother's
arms. Mamma, DEAR" pleaded the little
nlght-owl, =" just learned to-day how to
tell you | love you IN such a beautiful
new way. Please, may | show you? Pm
so 'fraid Eli forget by morning" Midget
held up her dimpled fngers. Nov,
everybody do just as ] do" she
said, gleefully. "Hold your thumbs
together so, now the next fingers the
same way, but the next to that you must
double in tight She held her chubby
fingers in this position, the palms together,
the thumbs lightly touching, also the fore
fingers, but the second fingers folded so that
ler rosy nails ana the dlmpleS that stood
for knuckles touched, then the third and
fourth fingers met at the tips as the thumbs
and torefngers did. Now" cried Midget,
in great delight, how far can you go from
nurse ?" and she parted the thumbs as far
as they would go. Nov how far from
cook p and the forefngers went apart.
Then, in suppressed glee, she carefully ex-
planned " You must skip the folded fingers
and go to the next Now how far can YOU
90 from your dear, sweet mamma ?" she
cried in great triumph. And odd it was
that those queer little fingers would not
separate, and the more you tried the closer
they were, not Midgefs tiny fingers but
papa's strong ones and Judge Mills
wrinlSled ones. And us long as the second
fingers are held in bondage the third ones
will not separate. Try it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

BoYCoTTISG A WHOLE TowN.-Several
months ago the authorities of Wellsville,
O., took advantage of the Dow law and
closed the saloons in that place. An or
ganization was formed, and efforts to have
the ordinance repealed were made, but
were unsuccessful. Then the organization
adopted new tactics, and decided to boycott
6he whole town unless the saloons were
opened. In following out their plan they
have sought the markets at another place,
and now are buying groceries and meats,
and even dry goods and clothes are being
purchased there. The members of this
club say that they will not buy a single
article of Wellsvilie's merchants until the
saloons are opened.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
Gravel from HYDRAULIC Mines.
lMarysville Appeal. ]

An examination of the recent deposits
of debris upon the Yuba bottoms above
this city shows that the character of the
descending material has changed of late
years. Formerly large portion of the
moving debris was "slickens," or, more
definitely, a sticky, tenacious clay. Now
there Is little clay to be seen. Half a
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

a New FUNGUs.-At the meeting of
the Society for the Promotion of Agricult-
ural Science, in New York, recently, Prof.
Scribner announced the discovery OF a new
and unclassifed fungus attacking the grape
in North Carolina, which he names
GrceHeria fuliginea. This fungus bids fair
to take the grapes that escape the black
rot. This makes the fourth species of rot
now recognized by scientists.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

ONLY AN AaERIcAN.-Child- Mamma
Msry says her father is an Irish-Ameri-
can and she's awful stuck up about it,
Manma-" Well p And Gretchen says
her father is Gernan-American, and
she's awful stuck UP, too "Yes." And
Marie is Dragging because her father is a
French-American." II can't help that,
dear" Well, isn't there anything can
brag off" No, pet; YOU are only an
American = Omaha World.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

Wife lin the cabin, anxiousiy): "What'S
the trouble on deck, Charlie? Yacht
owner: "The jib-sheet is lost overheard"
Wife: well, why don't they come and
take one from the state-rooms ~
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
SUNDAY EASY CHAIR.
THE LAST OF EARTH.

t4tI@ I9h1A UT In u II
Deaths it Death?
The shadows following stu upon the sun,
The one same end of ell things vet begun
After the glory of Life the sudden gloom,
After the strife the nexdrable doom,
The frozen breath
Nay, rather see
Where the new grave lies sodden in the rain.
How the bare earth quickens 10 growth again
Waiting the wonders ason's lavish dover
Young viOlets creep, a wealth OF grass and
flower
Ere long to be-
When death has passed
InrO the land Of silence and of cloud
The lcaHeSS land, wherein no bird Is loud
Life fingers yet with song and blossom rife,
10 !step Tor step go ever Death aud Life
But Life is last
-hdts Putnam OS7o9d
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
PLACER and Nevada COUNTY
NTH@

IN GOOD LOCATIONS ON LINE OF c. P.R.R.
L and county roads. at low prices lfyou want
CHOICE FIR IT LAND, buy while you can get
bargains These lands are rapidly advancing
IN ACTUAL VALUE, Now IS the time to buy
snd reap the advantage Of the rising values If
you wat, you Will have u PAY DOUBLE what
you can get the same land for now. We have
BARGAINS IN and in CRAMENTU and other
counties Inquire at once of
/ Z. RlMLRp & Co Zeal Estate A6entS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

THE superstition about the number
thirtcezsaoes not extend apparently
hey ogsd the supposed fatality of that
number of persons for dinner party.
A dinner company of thirteen is sap
posed to be unlucky because that was
the number of those who participated
in the last repast of Christ and his
apostles, One of them betrayed his
master, who was soon thereafter exc
cuted IS a malefactor, while the trail
tor, in an excess of remorse and dis
appointment, laid violent hands upon
himself and died of self-murder. Ehere
are many stories OF clubs and dinner
parties where thirteen were the par
Elephants, but we know of no case
where specially fatal consequences
have resulted. The United States
started out with a tea party OF thir-
teen commemorative. So far from
having suffered any bad luck, they
have thriven marvelously. Thirteen
does not seem to be an unlucky NUM-
| her
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
A Vegetarian Banquet.
rRronsthe London News.l

d,
A special table d'hOte dinner was
served by the London Vegetarian So
ciety last evening, to q company of
between eighty and ninety ladies and
gentlemen of whom it was understood
that the greater portion belonged to
the unconverted. Prof. j. E. B. May
or presided. The menu may be re-
garded with interest, and it WAS as
follows: Soups, brown harricot, arti-
choke. Porridge, wheat-meal, semoli-
ma. Savouries, lentil pie lbrown
crust) and apple sauce, tomato farcie
and rice, macaroni and CRATIC, vege-
table fritters. Vegetables, mashed po-
tatoes, baked potatoes, caUlifower,
harricots, stewed celery, tomatoes,
fried .parsnips, baked turnips lin milk).
Hot sweeps, .gooseberry tart and Gus
tard sauce, Christmas pudding, dietet-
ic pudding, milky rice pudding, stewed
apples and raisins, stewed pares.
Cold sweets, stewed apricots, figs,
French plums. After this followed a
dessert of fruit. Whether thecompany
found the fare satisfactory or other.
wise can not be stated; doubtless it
was approved by those who were al
ready convinced, and the opinion of
the outsiders was not attainable. 1t
would, at all events. have been agreed
that the'fruit, OF which g. capital show
was on view before the dinner, was ex-
.cellent. Teetotalism was assumed to
be an adjunct to vegetarianisnl. After
the dinner short addresses were de-
livered. DR.. Nichols spoke upon the
suficiency o. fruit for the sustenance
of cling the grape, the fig,
and the date as each containing every
food element required by man from
the cradle to the grave-and related
that friend of his had lately taken a
walking tour Of six weeks duration,
walking from twenty to thirty miles
daily his sole diet being apples. This
was, he said, an experiment, but the
experimental ended his tour in better
health than ne began it. A. Hills
spoke on the moral side ofvegetarian-
ism, which he described as essentially
o gospel of vitality. Mr.. Allinson said
he had found vegetarianism a valua-
bic aid in healing. He recommended
fruit and grain, taken together, as O.
perfect diet. The chairman said that
the general adoption of vegetarianism
would break down the caste system,
which divided rich from poor. A vote
OF thanks to the chairman, pro
posed by Andrew johnson, a fruit
grower, but not as he explained, q veg
etarian, seconded by ". S. Man
ming, London superintendent of the
Vegetarian Society, concluded the pro-
ceedings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
e Fortune Made in Spain.

america does not contain all the
rich self-made men," said Mr.. Malloy,
a member of the British House of
Commons, to q New York reporter
the other day. "Spain, where the
class barriers are very strict and the
poor man is likely to always remain
poor, contains similar case to your
Mackay. He is now called the Mar
quis of Almanzora. Thirty years ago
he was common laborer in q mine,
working for 80 cents a. day (the aver
age rate of wages paid in Spain for or
binary workmen). To-day he has an
income of e4OO, 0OOa year, or So, OOO,-
600. He saved up little money out
of his wages, induced two Or three of
his companions to join him and they
located q mine. Although ignorant
he had good judgment of the value of
mine. Success attended their efforts
and after g. time the future Marquis
bought out his companions. He is
one of the richest men in Spain to day.
He bought the title of Marquis to
please his wife q few years ago, and
she rewarded him by moving to Paris
and trying to speAd his income. The
Marquis gets little good out of his
wealth. He works almost as hard in
the mines as he did when he was only
receiving 80 cents day. Near his
principal mine is a desert about 20
miles across. It is as dry as q bone,
and nothing will grow there except
cactus. In the center of this place he
has built q magnificent resident. He
hasn't a neighbor within ten miles
and the water for the house has to be
carried there in buckets. He is not
happy, | am told, and is painfully
economical Ia his own habits. His
chief excitement consists in growing
at his wife for spending halt of his in
come, but as his scolding is done at g.
Instance | presume she doesn't mind y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Sad End OF a Frolic.

At s o'clock on the evening of the LIST.
the fast express bound east, under high
speed, struck sled containing twenty
young people who were crossing the track
of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Railway, two miles east of Fort Wayne,
en- route 70 a country residence for the pur-
pose of attending q dance. Mrs. Lizzie
Lepper, aged %. and Miss Tina Minecker,
aged IL, were instantly killed. Miss Lot
tie Elk had Ter right leg broken; Miss Lizzie
Kanning, ribs broken; Miss Lena
Haight, arm broken; Miss Emma
Shuler, leg broken Miss Gusta
Heine, back badly injured; Mics Lizzie
Weilke and Miss Belle Bishop badly bruised
and suffering from nervous prostration.
The party was being driven by Byron
Westrump, who saw the train approaching
rapidly and was implored by the gentle
men to stop, but did not heed them. The
gentlemen jumped out. but the ladies did
not succeed in doing this until too late.
The scene just after the accident was heart
rending. A relief train was promptly sent
to the scene with corps of surgeons and
the dead and wounded properly cared for.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Labor Notes.

The threatened strike among the en-
ployes of the various breweries Of Phia-
delphia, including brewers, drivers. coop
ers, engineers, fremen and other hands,
numbering in all over 1000 men, was
inaugurated on the Both against reduc
ton OF 20 per cent in their wages. At
nearly all the breweries operations were
suspended, though at that of John F. Betz
& Co. business was progressing as usual.
Everything is quiet in the neighborhood of
the breweries.
The agreement between the Reading Rail-
road general manager and the Port
Richmond strikers has been signed. Both
parties to the agreement decline to make
known it's terms. The strike has been de-
clared off and the men will go to work at
once.
The glass blowers employed by Swindell
Bros. and Baker Bros Baltimore who
have been on a strike for some time past,
were notified that they must return to
work on the 9th, on terms dictated by the
two firms, or the fires would be perma-
nently withdrawn. The terms were a re-
duction OF per cent. In wages and the as
slgnment OF two apprentices to each fur
mace. To comply with these terms the men
were compelled to withdraw from the
knights OF Labor. This they agreed to do,
and both factories resumed work with q
full complement of hands. The glass-blow-
ers are very much offended at the action of
Master Workman Coffey, who ordered the
strike.
The ma chine constructors assemblies of
Philadelphia, withdrew from the knights
in body.
The strike on the cable roads in San
Francisco has assumed serious aspect
On the 9th number OF cars started out
under police protection were attacked by
masked men and the handlers badly beaten.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
APPALLING Loss OF LIFE.

The Recent Storm in Germany Terribly
Fatal to Travellers.
A Berlin dispatch of the Both says:
The removal of the snow which fell in
the storm has revealed an appalling
loss Of life. Many travellers were
overtaken by the storm. Fifty bodies
have been found in saxony, thirty in
Thuripgla and forty in Southern Ger.
many. It is estimated that the total
loss of life will reach nearly 200. The
newspapers here complain OF what
they call England 8 culpable negligence
in failing to adopt subterranean tele.
graph lines to connect with the SUBJ
marine cables, the result of which fail
ure was the total telegraphi1 isolation
of London in the recent storm. They
express the hope that this experience
will lead to the adoption of the Ger
man system in England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Floral Tributes to Stage Queens.
From London Truth.

FROM LONDON truth.
Il am glad to see that there is q pro-
nuDciamento in Vienna against "horaI
tributes" to artistes on the stage.
Occasionally they are spontaneous,
but as g. rule they are got-up affairs.
L remember being behind the scenes
some years ago when q lady who was
then and deservedly sol O. 'sstage
queen" was acting. Her husband ar
rived with some twenty or thirty
bouquets and huge basket of flowers.
The former he distributed among the
door-openers, the LATTER he placed in
the orchestra. At the end Of the first
act the bouquets were thrown, but no
sooner was the curtain down than
they were picked up and taken back
to the doOr-openers to be thrown
again at the end of thenext act. When
the play was over the basket OF flowers
was solemn]y handed up from the or
chestra. This same actress was once
playing the part of a boy. A bouquet
was thrown to her whilst the heroine
OF the piece was on the stage, and she
had to hand it to the latter IL accord
ance with stage etiquette. Nosooner,
however, had the curtain fallen than
she asked her for the bouquet. The
heroine declined to give it up, and
said that perhaps it bad been thrown
to her. "But there is q ring in it,"
cried the boy. "Well," said the
heroine, perhaps the ring, too, was
for me-" In the end the boy had to
explain that the bouqueC and the ring
we're both her own, and that che had
told ner husband to throw them to
her. She had contemplated drawing
the ring, coram publico, out from the
bouquet with grateful surprise. But
her husband had muddled it, and
thrown her the votive Offering when
the heroine was on the stage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Not Yet Nj arried.

Secretary Lamar is spending the holidays
at his home near Macon, Ga. surrounded
by his kith and kin and the friends OF his
early manhood. He met with an enthusi-
astic reception, and has been rendered q
b anquet, which, however. he has declined.
The reports relative to his immediate mar
riage are idle surmises but it is true that
he is engaged to the lady so often named,
and that the engagement meets the entire
approval of both of their families. 1t is
also absolutely certain that no time has
yet been fixed for the marriage ceremony.
The lady is not Of the fashionable world,
and she has hitherto found more int; est
in domestic occupations and quiet chart
society.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
The Only way to Conquer Dyspepsia.

1t is perfectly preposterous to introduce pep
sin and other artificial solvents into the
stomach, in the expectation that they will
sist digestion by acting on the food itself. They
will not. Nor is it possible thus to overcome
dyspepsia The only way tc conquer that dis
order, and prevent the numerous diseases and
disabilities which it assuredly provokes, is to
renew the activity of gastric action by
strengthening the stomach Hostetter's Stomach
B;tters eradicates the most inveterate forms Of
indigestion by restoring Vitality to the alimen-
tary organs, and those which are tributary to
them. The liver. the bowels. the kidneys, and
the nerves. no less than the stomach, expert
ence the invigoratiye effects of that standard
tonic, which possesses Alternative properties
that greatly enhance its beneficial influence,
and give pernlaRence to it's effects which they
would not OtlerYEiSSt possesS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

THE Indians OF the Wild West show
in New York to see Munkacsy s
"Christ Before Pilate," the other day,
and the picture was explained to
them in the 'Pawnee language by
"Broncho Bill" Exactly what
"Broncho BiIl'' told the guileless red
men none but the red men know, but
presumably his explanation was very
graphic, for the Indians gazed at the
picture in speechless admiration for
over an hoar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
To Share the Profin.

The proprietors of the Boston Herald
announced on the LIST to their employees a
proposition to give to them for the current
year a portion of the net profit of the BUSH
ness, after reserving the interest on the
value OF the property. The employees are
to share in proportion to the wages re-.
ceived during the year. They also suggest
to the employees the formation of a mutual
benefit society and promise q donation
equal to the aggregate contribution of the
employees. The proprietors say: 1--WE
hope this experiment may be SO successful
that proit-sharing may be adopted by us
as permanent policy"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Saving and Spending.

The curiosities of Gotham are nu-
merous, but none excel thescenes that
transpire in some of the great safe de-
posit vaults. Any fine day dozens OF
old, grey-haired men can be seen sit
tirg down with their heavy boxes be-
side them caressing stocks and bonds,
tangible. evidences of wealth, and
squirting with keen cat-eyes at the
coupons, to find something collectable
on them. Their daughters are out on
Broadway and carry dogs; and their
sons are off yachting, or tossing the
last bit of gossip at the clubs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

In Philadelphia there is q law def
ing the sort OF display that may be
made by merchants in show windows.
1t is only allowable to exhibit the
regular stock-in-trade articles of the
shopkeeper in the windows. Puppet
figures iii motion, moving pictorial
panoramas, live Kris Kringles and
pretty girls to show off styles OF hair
dressing or costumes, are forbidden to
be she WI in the windows, because
they attract crowds which block up
the sidewalks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

LABOR is becoming very scarce in
the island of Jamaica, on account of
the emigration OF the able
negro men to the isthmus to work on
the canal. From January, 1888, to
June, 1886, it is shown that $4,000
Jamaica negroes emigrated. a con-
siderable number went from the Gulf
States, but not near SO many as from
the West Indies. These people alone
appear to be able to stand exposure
in the elm ate of this tropical region.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
PEACE ONCE MORE.

Sir Michael Hicks-Be in the British
Cabinet.
:. A London cable of the Both saws:
SIR Michael Hicks-Beach has accepted
the position ct chancellor of the ex-
chequer in place of Lord Randolph
Churchill. The cabinet have settled
parliament is to meet and carry on
the business Of the country if the
Unlonists give definite pledges of sup
port. Ii not, there will be an appeal
to the country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
Money for Harvard.

Harvard College receives some $500, 900
from the will of John o. A. Williams, filed
IN the Suffolk County (Mass) probate
court on the 2Sth. The estate is left in
trust and after the bequest of several lega-
cies, when the residue shall have reached
$4,000 it is to be given to the president
and fellows of Harvard College. The sum
Of 100000 is to be set apart and known
as the Abraham Williams fund, in mem
DRY of the testator's father and grand
father. the latter being a member of the
class of 1744. The fund of $4,000 is to
be used in aiding needy and meritorious
students, who are to consider such aid as
debts of honor, and also for the library of
the college,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

FRaFGE, Germany and Italy, the
cableinforms us, are actively armlng'
and 81 also tells us that the outlook
is wsrlike. 1t would De difficult 60
poirt out week in thepast ten years
in which somebodyin Europe was not
PREDICTING war, Still war, while the
present national rivalries and blg
arsnaments continue, will be g. con
tingency that will always beimmHnent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

THE mayor of Charleston reports
that the total amount received by the
executive relief committee for the SUI
.ferers by earthquake was S6S4,2o
The total loss was about 100000.
This leaves .an uncomfortably large
balance on the wrong side, but then
Charleston has received q very large
amount of advertising free, which
counts for something.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Young Woman's Clothes Take Fire
from an Open Stove Door.

Young WOman's Clothes Take Fire
from an Open Stove Door.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, Dec. 29.-Mrs.
Edwin Stanford, of Stanford's Cor
ners, Jefferson County, q young mar
ried woman aged 10 years, was burned
to death yesterday. Size was alone in
the house, and it is supposed her
clothes caught fire from the stove, ss
il was found open after the accident
She rushed out OF the house to neigh
boris with her clothes all ablaze, and
every particle of clothing was burned
from the body before anything could
be done. She died last evening, six
hours after the accident occurred.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05
He is safe.

From the New York World.
} Rio Janeiro News says that the
ror Dom Pedro is greatly dis
by the reported conspiracies
rowned heads in Europe. We
ink his majesty has anything
sovereign who walks abroad
-ectives Or attendants, and
people On the street to
'eir business and talk on
Is, is not in much dan
alton.